Your Top Names - 2025 (A&B)

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Back in 2022 @EleanorVintage[name_f][/name_f] did a series of threads asking what everyone’s favourite names for each letter was. I thought it would be interesting to see how Nameberry’s tastes have changed over the past three years. Once we get to Y&Z I’ll put together the popularity rankings. So if you had to pick only one favourite per letter, per gender what would you pick?

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Todays 2 Letters: A & B
[name_f][/name_f]Bonus Question: [name_m]Nature[/name_m] Name

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in 2022 the most popular A names were [name_m]August[/name_m][name_f][/name_f] and [name_f]Alice[/name_f][name_f][/name_f] and the most popular B names were [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m][name_f][/name_f] and [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]

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[name_f]Abigail[/name_f] & [name_f]Bernadette[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Alden[/name_m] & [name_m]Bowman[/name_m]

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Bonus: [name_f]Rosemary[/name_f]

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Fun idea to revisit.

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[name_f]Ada[/name_f] & [name_f]Bernice[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Abel[/name_m] & [name_m]Bartholomew[/name_m]

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Bonus: [name_f]Fern[/name_f]

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[name_m]Ambrose[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Artemisia[/name_f]

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[name_m]Basil[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Briony[/name_f]

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I had totally forgotten about these :joy:[name_f][/name_f] It will be fun to revisit!

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[name_f]Ada[/name_f] & [name_m]Aled[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Bessie[/name_f] & [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]

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Bonus: [name_f]Olive[/name_f]

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[name_f]Adelaide[/name_f] & [name_f]Beverly[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Arlo[/name_m] & [name_m]Benson[/name_m]

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[name_f]Aviva[/name_f] & [name_f]Berenike[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Arne[/name_m] & [name_m]Beckett[/name_m]

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“your favourite” questions stress me out so much – what if I’m forgetting one? :sweat_smile:

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Areti & [name_f]Beatriz[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Alin[/name_f] & [name_m]Benesek[/name_m]

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Bonus nature name: [name_m]Rosen[/name_m] (Bulgarian for “dittany”)

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Doing this made me realise that A & B are some of my least favourite initials :sweat_smile:[name_f][/name_f] It was hard to choose favourites!

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[name_f]Amalia[/name_f] & [name_m]August[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] & [name_m]Bruno[/name_m]

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[name_f]Annabeth[/name_f] & [name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Adair[/name_m] & [name_m]Basil[/name_m]

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[name_f]Fern[/name_f]

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Fun!

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Mine:

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[name_f]Adele[/name_f] & [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f] (I think, I don’t really love any B names for girls)
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Aquila[/name_f] & [name_m]Boaz[/name_m]

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[name_m]Nature[/name_m] name: today, it’s [name_f]Plum[/name_f]!

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[name_f]Albertine[/name_f] & [name_f]Bérénice[/name_f]
Aloïs & [name_m]Bernard[/name_m]

Bonus nature name: [name_u]Colombe[/name_u] (French for “dove”)

But…

This here. :smiley:

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[name_f]Athena[/name_f] & [name_f]Blossom[/name_f] (I’m not great with B girl names :sweat_smile:)
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Alden[/name_m] (went back and forth between this and August) & [name_m]Bellamy[/name_m]

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Bonus: [name_m]Kit[/name_m] (chose one I love for any gender!)

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Fun!! [name_f]Love[/name_f] this idea :slight_smile:

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A: [name_f]Augusta[/name_f] & [name_m]Arledge[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]B: [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f] & [name_f]Blythe[/name_f]

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Bonus: [name_f]Larkspur[/name_f]

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[name_f]Amabel[/name_f] and [name_f]Avra[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Alasdair[/name_m] and [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]

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[name_f]Barbara[/name_f] and [name_f]Branwen[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Barnaby[/name_m] and [name_m]Benjamin[/name_m]

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Bonus: [name_f][/name_f] [name_m]Birch[/name_m]

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Anouk and Auden

Bryndis and Brynmor

Bonus: Peregrine

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[name_f]Anemone[/name_f] and [name_m]Alder[/name_m]

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[name_f]Briony[/name_f] (not a fan of many ‘B’ boys names)

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[name_f]Anemone[/name_f] is also the bonus since it’s a nature name

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Amelie and Birdie

Arthur and Beck

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I’ve done a total turnaround on Birdie. About 2 years ago I thought it was silly! Seeing it on a real child – Life with Beans on YouTube’s daughter – did wonders for how much I appreciate it.

Until about a month ago, I might have said Aurelian, but then I discovered I wasn’t PN it in an authentic way – devastating! I’ve used the name Beck, so feel I should I get to give another B name :wink: There’s no logic here really :joy: It would be Breccan if I wouldn’t feel guilty not voting for my child’s name :joy:

Bonus: Rowan (on any gender)

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A names: [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] and [name_m]Arthur[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]B names: [name_m]Bennett[/name_m] and [name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_m]Nature[/name_m] name: [name_m]Rowan[/name_m]

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So fun!!

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A: [name_f]Alice[/name_f] and [name_m]Alden[/name_m]
[name_f][/name_f]B: [name_f]Birdie[/name_f] and [name_m]Bo[/name_m]

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[name_m]Nature[/name_m]: [name_f]May[/name_f]! Does [name_f]May[/name_f] count? Otherwise, [name_m]Rowan[/name_m]

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[name_f]Anouk[/name_f] & [name_f]Blythe[/name_f]
[name_f][/name_f][name_f]Ara[/name_f] & [name_m]Bram[/name_m]

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[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f] (type of bird)